"In the Mood" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush from their 1974 self-titled debut album. It was at least two years old when recorded for the album.
Composition
"In the Mood" is three minutes and 34 seconds long. The song was composed in the key of A major and is in 4/4 time.[2][3] It is the only song on the album written entirely by Geddy Lee (the music on all other songs is co-written by guitarist Alex Lifeson).
Lee said that this was the first song he wrote with Lifeson that they "kind of liked".[4]
Lifeson said It "was probably at least two years old, if not three, when we recorded the first album". He also said: "Ged came in and said, 'I've got a good idea for a song' and played it from beginning to end".[5]
The St. Louisclassic rock radio station KSHE used to play the song every Friday night at 7:45 because of the song lyrics mentioning "a quarter to eight".[6]
Reception
"In the Mood" was released as a single, reaching No. 31 in Canada [7]Cash Box said that "the Led Zep sound alikes are in strong form with a more innovative ditty than their last disk" and praised the vocals and backing instrumentation.[8]
